Construction cost management: learning from case studies / Keith Potts.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2008.Description: xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0415442877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780415442879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 658.404 POT
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
On time and in budget.
As a construction project manager, achieving this while maintaining quality is the most valuable package you can offer your clients. Of course, its value derives largely from it's difficulty - if it were easy to complete jobs entirely to plan then it would happen rather more often.
Using a combination of worked examples and case studies, this book examines how projects go over-cost, what lessons can be learned from past examples and what approaches have successfully been employed. Example case studies include:
The Scottish Parliament Wembley Stadium Heathrow Terminal 5.If you're studying Surveying or Construction Management, or starting out as a Construction Cost Manager and need to plan or assess construction projects then this is the book for you.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction and overview
- 2 Reports and recommendations
- 3 Selecting the consultants and contractors
- 4 Pre-contract cost management
- 5 Cost management on PFI projects
- 6 Contractor's Estimating and Tendering
- 7 Value Management
- 8 Risk Management
- 9 Whole life costing
- 10 Organisational methods (Part 1)
- 11 Organisational methods (Part 2)
- 12 Payment systems and contract administration
- 13 Contractors' cost control and monitoring procedures
- 14 Change management - valuing variations
- 15 Claims management
- 16 The NEC Engineering and Construction Contract
- 17 FIDIC Standard Forms of International Construction contract
- 18 Case Study: Heathrow Terminal 5
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Keith Pottsis Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Wolverhampton. He is a RICS external examiner in Quantity Surveying, and Award Leader of the RICS-accredited MSc in Construction Project Management.